BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – An Idaho board that recommends place names will play no function in changing a racial slur discovered on 66 Idaho mountains, creeks, valleys and different geographical options.
The Idaho Geographical Names Advisory Council sometimes weighs in when an unnamed location will get a reputation or when an current title is modified.
However not this time, because the U.S. Division of the Inside works to rename 660 locations discovered on federal land throughout the nation that use the phrase “squaw.”
“That is form of out of the conventional course of that we’ve,” Boisean Rick Simply, who heads the council, stated by telephone.
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Inside Secretary Deb Haaland declared the S-word to be derogatory in an order issued Nov. 19. Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe in New Mexico and the primary Native American to function a Cupboard secretary, issued the order to have the title scrubbed from federal options.
Those that want to touch upon the modifications or to supply recommendations for renaming Squaw Butte exterior Emmett or any of the opposite options can achieve this on-line although Monday, April 25.
After the remark interval ends, The Derogatory Geographic Names Activity Pressure will evaluation feedback from the general public and Native American tribes. Inside 90 days, the duty power will submit proposed title modifications to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The board could have 60 days to decide on all the proposed names.
In February, the U.S. Geological Survey issued an inventory of advised substitute names for the options. They weren’t essentially inventive; they had been merely taken from different close by options.
The 5 advised substitute names for Squaw Butte north of Emmett come from close by streams: Corral Creek, Jakes Creek, Haw Creek, Lengthy Hole Creek and Spring Creek.
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These aren’t essentially sensible, however they supply a place to begin for dialogue, Simply stated.
“That they had so many to call that they regarded round to different options close by and put a reputation on it that sounded prefer it match the realm,” Simply stated. “I feel there shall be lots of people who will take this chance to analysis the historical past of their space and give you one thing applicable.”
Greater than 660 geographical locations utilizing the title squaw on federal lands throughout america are set to be renamed in coming months following motion by the U.S. Division of the Inside. Seventy-two of the buttes, creeks, meadows and different locations are in Idaho. | Graphic by the U.S. Geological Survey
Emmett resident Gregory Corridor suggests Wa’ipi Butte as an applicable substitute for Squaw Butte. Wa’ipi is Shoshone for “lady,” he wrote in a Fb submit. Emmett and Squaw Butte are positioned on conventional Shoshone-Bannock Tribes lands.
Others denounced the change, as detailed in an Idaho Statesman story. A number of individuals stated the title was meant to honor Native People and that a picture of a Native maiden will be seen within the butte. Others referred to as the change “woke” politics.
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“It is going to at all times be Squaw Butte for all of the individuals who have lived right here our entire lives,” Emmett resident Karla Kimball wrote on Fb. “That’s one factor that doesn’t want to alter.”
Some individuals claimed they’ve household or pals who’re Native People and who don’t have an issue with the title. That’s not the case with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, positioned on the Fort Corridor Reservation in East Idaho.
“Eradicating the phrases squaw from all of Idaho place names must occur,” Randy’L Teton, public affairs supervisor for the tribes, wrote in an electronic mail final yr to the Idaho Statesman.
The S-word originated with the Algonquin-speaking Natives of Southeastern New England. It initially meant “lady,” however turned a slur utilized by white settlers in as early because the 1600s.
In 2007, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names accredited eradicating the S-word from eight place names in North Idaho. Three had been on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation, with 5 exterior the reservation however within the tribe’s ancestral territory.
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The Coeur d’Alene Tribe requested for the names to be eliminated.
Native American names can be applicable for these options now identified by the S-word, Simply stated.
“The Native People in all probability had names for lots of these options which may have gone again much more than the 100-150 years that these have been in existence,” he stated.
Idaho noticed a surge in inhabitants following the Civil Warfare, Simply stated. Lots of the new settlers got here from Accomplice states.
“They introduced a few of these names that they had been used to and didn’t give a lot thought to what the Indians referred to as something,” he stated.
REXBURG—U.S. Highway 20 Exit 332 for University Boulevard in Rexburg will fully close starting Monday, September 30, for crews to complete final paving and striping operations. Work is not expected to take more than a few days, and the exit will be re-opened as soon as it is completed.
This closure was purposefully scheduled during Madison School District’s harvest break to least affect traffic. Detours include Exit 328 (Thornton), Exit 333 (Main Street) and Exit 337 (North Rexburg). After re-opening next week, construction work at Exit 332 will be minimal and off the roadway.
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Construction does continue at Exit 333, with one lane running in each direction. These projects to create safe and efficient diverging diamond interchanges at both Rexburg exits are still expected to be complete later this fall.
For more information about this project, visit https://itdprojects.idaho.gov/pages/us20rexburg. Drivers can also use the 511 app to see current status on this and other Idaho projects.
NAMPA, Idaho — Nampa had its inaugural Downtown Wine Fest in 2024. I met with people in the wine community to learn how the art is growing in Idaho.
Local wine lounge owner Andrew Medina told us, “I’m starting to see, the last two years, more people popping their heads in, more people walking the streets in Downtown Nampa on 13th Street, on 1st Street.”
Local winery Veer Wine Project opened in 2016 and has grown quickly, opening two locations since the founding of the label in 2016.
“People moving here that know wine because of the industry of the states that they came from.”
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
Yet another sign of Nampa’s growth. 2024 marks the city of Nampa’s inaugural Downtown Wine Festival. Just around the corner from Lloyd Square Park is Swirl Wine Shop & Lounge. Andrew Medina opened Swirl nearly three years ago.
“What has the change and growth look like in the patronage look like for you in that time?” I asked.
Medina responded, “I’ve already had a nice following working out at the wineries for the last 10 years. Now I’m starting to see, the last two years, more people popping their heads in, more people walking the streets in Downtown Nampa on 13th Street, on 1st Street. With more businesses opening up you’re just seeing more traffic down here.”
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It’s not just small business doing well in Nampa. Idaho wineries are beginning to make it big. Idaho Wine Commission data shows the number of wineries in the Gem State have grown 25% since 2017 to 65 total wineries. The workforce nearly doubling, and they expect it to continue.
The IWC sent me a message saying, “Most people don’t know that Idaho settlers first planted wine grapes and produced wine here in the 1860s, and today we have more than 65 wineries. The Idaho Wine Commission envisions significant growth in both the number of wineries and the quality of Idaho wines over the next 5 to 10 years. The state’s unique climate, with its high desert conditions and distinct terroir positions Idaho wines to continue standing out in the local and national market.”
Notoriety has been bolstered by consistent awards at local and national wine competitions, positive reviews in prominent wine publications and word-of-mouth from tourists and locals discovering Idaho’s wine industry. The growth of wine tourism in Idaho has further helped elevate the state’s reputation. As more wine lovers visit the state and share their experiences, Idaho wine has steadily built its presence in the market, and its reputation as an emerging wine region continues to gain momentum.”
“This is amazing for a town the size of Nampa to be able to sponsor a prestigious kind of event,” said wine festival guest Kathy Lacina.
Idaho is beginning to put itself on the map with vintners.
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Lacina adds on, “It’s actually starting to make a name for itself. We have begun to have some really outstanding wineries and wine selections.”
And Idaho has the data to back that up. Local winery Veer Wine Project opened in 2016 and has grown quickly.
“It’s been a lot of growth very quickly and then [we] opened the Caldwell tasting room in 2021 and expanded to Garden City just this spring in March we opened there so lots of rapid growth,” Veer Operations Manager Cheyenne Zumstein explained.
“It’s totally changed with the population growth. People moving here that know wine because of the industry of the states that they came from,” Medina concluded.
COEUR D’ALENE — When sheriff’s deputies were called to the northern Idaho home of distraught former state trooper Dan Howard, something didn’t seem right. Howard told investigators he found his wife, Kendy Howard, dead in their bathtub with a gunshot wound to her head.
Howard told police his wife took her own life. There was a gun found in the bathtub, though there were no prints or DNA that connected it to the trooper.
The case will be the focus of “48 Hours” this Saturday in a program entitled ‘The Bathtub Murder of Kendy Howard.’
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“From the beginnings, it looks odd,” Kootenai County sheriff’s detective Jerry Northrup tells correspondent Peter Van Sant.
Deputies on the scene noticed things out of place. A packed duffle bag was ready to go, and a clothes dryer was running full of clean bath towels. Howard also appeared to have recently showered and changed his clothes.
“Dan knows things that most normal people, ordinary people, don’t know,” says retired Kootenai County Sheriff’s Det. Sergeant Ken Lallatin. “Things like killing someone and staging it to look like a suicide.”
Two years after Kendy Howard’s death, Howard was charged with her murder.
“48 Hours” airs Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9-10 p.m. MDT on CBS and streams on Paramount+.
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Watch a preview of the episode in the video player above.
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